Mum knifed her partner in the back in drunken clash
A mum who stabbed her partner in the back during a drunken argument has been told by a judge "you were lucky not to kill him".
The blade of the knife, used with "some force", by Kirsty Wilson penetrated the man's spinal column and caused heavy bleeding.
Newcastle Crown Court heard police had been called to the couple's home in August 2021andthevictimclaimedhe had been attacked by an unknown male.
But when officers found no bloodtrailstothepropertyand abloodyknifeinsidethehouse they concluded he had been stabbed inside and Wilson,
who was the only other adult there, was arrested.
Wilson, 31, of Swaledale Crescent, Penshaw, who has never been in trouble before,
admitted she "just lost it" after an argument and pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding.
ProsecutorEmmaDowling toldthecourt:"Shecouldn'tremember doing it, she said they were very drunk.
"She could remember they werearguingduringthecourse of the evening. It appears the argument was not about anything particularly serious.
"There is no suggestion of a background of domestic violence.
"Shejustlostit,presumably becauseofthelevelofintoxication and stabbed her partner."
Miss Dowling said the victim, who was treated at the scenebeforebeingtakentothe RVI in Newcastle, had a wound in his back which was at least one inch deep and a doctor confirmed it would have taken "some force" to inflict as it penetrated the spinal column.
Kate Barnes, defending, said Wilson, who has mental health issues, has completed a domestic violence course and has stopped drinking completely since the attack.
Miss Barnes told the court Wilsonwasenduringgriefand stress due to traumatic events in her personal life at the time and had been drinking too much to help herself cope.
The couple have since reconciled.
MrRecorderAndrewSmith told Wilson: "This could have turned out so much worse. A knife into someone's back that penetrated his spine, he was lucky not to be paralysed, you were lucky not to kill him."
The judge said it was an "extremely serious offence" but Wilson's underlying issues need to be addressed.
He sentenced her to 12 months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, with rehabilitationrequirementsand 100 hours’ unpaid work.